Out of a tremendous Archpastoral sense of love and concern for his faithful in New York City, on Sunday, August 15, the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, and on Thursday, August 19, 2021, the Great Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America, celebrated the Divine Liturgies in New York…

The first Serbian immigrants came to Alaska during the Gold rush which occurred at the end of 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Alaska is considered the Cradle of Orthodoxy on this continent. In addition to the great work of the Russian Orthodox missionaries, most especially St. Herman, the Serbs contributed by erecting the…

On Thursday, August 26, 2021, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa participated in the great hall of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, at the commemoration of the newly departed Zoran Vucevic, the former President of the Assembly of the City of Novi Sad. In his address at the commemoration, His Grace Bishop Irinej,…

† B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Peace and Mercy from the Maker of All Creation Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ Esteemed brethren and beloved children in the Lord, The Feast…

New York, NY – As we stand in solidarity with and to support our vulnerable sisters and brothers in Greece where wildfires raged, the Executive Board of the National Philoptochos Society took swift action and voted to distribute $40,000 to offer relief. Greece suffered an overwhelming and catastrophic loss in Evia, the Peloponnese Peninsula, and…

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that the Royal iconostasis doors of the church of Agios Anastasios in the occupied Peristeronopigi village, Famagusta District, have been repatriated from Japan. The Royal iconostasis doors have returned to Cyprus after yearlong efforts that have been intensified during the last two years, thus…

At a special meeting on August 18, 2021, the Leadership 100 Executive Committee unanimously approved an emergency $200,000 matching grant to support the fundraising efforts of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The grant, in response to a direct appeal of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, will go towards the total funds that will be dispersed…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia through the Parish – Community of All Saints in Belmore, Sydney, is making a practical contribution to accelerating the vaccination program against Covid-19, which is being implemented by NSW Health. For three days, from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th August, the indoor gym of the Greek Orthodox College of All…

Message by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia Dormition of the Theotokos 2021 Most honourable Fellow Bishops and my beloved children, We have been counted worthy again this year, to arrive at the blessed day on which our Church celebrates the Dormition of our most holy Lady the Theotokos, the Mother of God and the…